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Re: DAT line parsing (was: Re: Datsville: crane2 (exponents?))
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 14 Sep 1999 20:54:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.models, John VanZwieten writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Kevin Loch writes:
> > > For some reason, the lines with exponents don't render in ldlite when
> > > I use the dat hyperlink in web mode. ldlite,ldraw and l3p/povray
> > > render them fine locally. I made it in MLcad. Is this a bug?
> > > There is no need for e-15 exponents anyway so I substituted 0 for all
> > > exponents. let's try it again.
> >
> > If not a bug, at least a nit. I think if you open the file in LDAO's
> > editor, select the whole text and MoveExact by 1, then move it all back,
> > LDAO will get rid of the exponents.
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> My bad. 'Twas a bug in the code in the ldraw.cgi script on the server which
> recognized DAT content. It wasn't expecting 'e' exponents in numbers.
<Snipped Regex stuff>
> Also, if anyone knows of any other "funny stuff" that Turbo Pascal might
> embed on a line, I'd like to know that too. (Exponents aren't really "funny
> stuff," but I was very surprised to see them output because so many DAT files
> have the numbers chopped 2 or 3 places after the decimal point.)
>
> --Todd
Those numbers weren't generated by Turbo Pascal (LEdit). They were generated
by MLCad, the recent Windows LDraw program. This is one of the reasons I
haven't used it very extensively. :)
Jeff
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